Packet reservoir
US4396338A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 1, 1980 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 1, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65G47/5181
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A reservoir, particularly for cigarette packets, stores rectangular arrays of packets on vertically-spaced platforms. The reservoir is filled or emptied by moving successive batches of packets transversely off (or onto) a conveyor on which packets are moved in line, e.g. from a cigarette packing machine to a cigarette wrapping machine. When a platform is completely full it is indexed upwards and another platform moved from a store to take its place. The spacing between adjacent platforms in the empty platform store is less than that between platforms in use for supporting packets; this is achieved by supporting the platforms by tapes, similar to those of a venetian blind.
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